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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Briggs v. Spencer 3 Rob. 265 1842 0 Debts, res judicata, property, seizure, conflict of laws, bonds Louisiana
Bonneau v. Poydras 2 Rob. 1 1842 0 Successions, property, community property, promissory notes Louisiana
Jordan v. Black 1 Rob. 575 1842 0 Petitory action, title, successions, trusts, emamcipation, sequestration, conflict of laws Louisiana
Martin v. Drake 1 Rob. 218 1842 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, sales, community property, suretyship Louisiana
Hawkins v. Brown 3 Rob. 310 1842 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony Louisiana
Thompson v. Chrétien 3 Rob. 26 1842 0 Property, suretyship, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Cassidy v. His Creditors 2 Rob. 47 1842 0 Successions, mortgages, privileges, sales, property, promissory notes Louisiana
Thomas v. Selser 1 Rob. 425 1842 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony Louisiana
Succession of Johnson 3 Rob. 216 1842 0 Promissory notes, successions, privileges, property, sales, seizure, fraud, mortgages Louisiana
Blackstone v. His Creditors 3 Rob. 219 1842 0 Privileges, mortgages, sales, debts, property, fraud Louisiana
Jourdain ex rel. Baker v. Boissière 2 Rob. 289 1842 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Saulet v. Trepagnier 2 Rob. 357 1842 0 Promissory notes, sales, property Louisiana
State v. Linton 3 Rob. 55 1842 0 Criminal law, property, employment Louisiana
Galpin v. Jessup 3 Rob. 90 1842 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, warranty Louisiana
Womack v. Nicholson 3 Rob. 248 1842 0 Damages, torts, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Byrne v. Taylor 2 Rob. 341 1842 0 Injunction, sales, mortgages, privileges, writ of fifa, property, seizure Louisiana
Gay v. Kendig 2 Rob. 472 1842 0 Promissory notes, warranty, redhibition, recission, sales Louisiana
Noble v. Nettles 3 Rob. 152 1842 0 Seizure, sales, property, bonds, successions Louisiana
Puckett v. Clarke 3 Rob. 81 1842 0 Petitory action, fraud, successions, conflict of laws, community property Louisiana
Palmer v. Taylor 1 Rob. 412 1842 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana